This colorful memoir offers a rare, up-close glimpse of the life and personality of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, the beloved Italian monk who was blessed with extraordinary gifts.
The late Fr. Amorth–well-known as an exorcist –enjoyed over two decades of a close friendship with the holy, quirky Padre Pio, whom he considered his spiritual father. Adding his own personal experience to a foundation of biographical research, Amorth gives an entertaining and illuminating account of perhaps one of the best-known saints of the twentieth century.
In this book, we span from Padre Pio”s childhood–where he cured himself of a disease by wolfing down all his mother”s fried bell peppers–to his miracle-filled priesthood, to his Italian gift for mimicry, humor, and storytelling.
Rather than a plaster image of a saint, this book is a portrait of a fully human kind of holiness, proof that even the most astonishing graces can be lived out with simplicity and joy.
Author: Gabriele Amorth
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 08/16/2021
Pages: 157
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.17h x 4.72w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781621644408
Language: English
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